Israel readies forces for strike on nuclear Iran

The Sunday Times ^ | December 11, 2005 | Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv, and Sarah Baxter, Washington

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"This will now start bringing rebukes from other arab nations and could lead to another war in the region if it does happen."

I am trying to figure out where the word other comes from in your sentence that includes: "other arab nations". You do know that Iran is not an arab nation, don't you?

[cookcounty]

"Does it really take that long to build one nuclear weapon?"

Hey, it took me 14 hours to install my whole-house humidifier. The directions said it should take about an hour. Ruined my whole Saturday and half my Sunday.

[softwarecreator]

If even one soldier dies because of this hubras, those who openned their jaws should be in jail

A good point.  I think it should also extend to members of the press who leak info that can hurt U.S. troops, while conjugating with the enemy, and not divulging information they have obtained which could help us.  Like the way they give out US secrets, yet would never dream of doing it against our enemies.

[Bean Counter]

Ye shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars...

[ccmay]

Unless we believe that it's religious extremism would take them so far, it seems an irrational act to me.

Betting on a Muslim's rationality is a fool's game.

I would say the converse is true, and that any Muslim should be presumed willing to destroy every vestige of Western civilization until proven otherwise.

-ccm

[Termite_Commander]

Well, my thought would be more a suitcase nuke type thing, not a missile launch.

[ccmay]

Israel is armed to the teeth with nukes and thermonukes. We are talking big blowout here.

Also, don't forget that the population centers of the Middle East are generally confined to a few fertile river valleys. You could kill three quarters of the population of Egypt with one large bomb on the Aswan High Dam. Saudi Arabia would cease to exist as a nation if its handful of large cities were attacked with half a dozen nuclear weapons.

The Samson Option is real, and if exercised, the Arab world would be practically obliterated.

I leave it as an exercise for the reader to decide whether that is a bad thing...

-ccm

[American in Israel]

I believe that Russia and China are supplying the weapons, as our troops are exposed in Iran. This is WWIII, and Islam is the fall guy.

[jb6]

Freedom of the press is wonderful, however, if you give away locations/names of troops, etc, you've stepped over the line into criminal endangerment. Prosecute.

[roadcat]

1914-1918 WWI
1939-1945 WWII
1945-1990 WWIII (Cold War)
2001- WWIV (War on Terror)

Your chronology is correct.

The way I learned it from my history teachers, is that WWII actually started right when WWI ended. Just that people didn't know it, even after major hostile actions by the Germans (and later by Japanese) prior to 1939.

I believe that just as the Germans hated the humiliation of their defeat in 1918, there are Russians who hate the humiliation of losing the Cold War in 1990. And that these Russians are actively seeking WWIV to regain world dominance. As stated here on FR, the war's on; most people just aren't aware of it.

[de Buillion]

"a "Kook" would start a Nuclear War, and imo if it ever does happen, the Terrorist Iranian President is the "Kook"."

I really believe that the North Korean Kook is far more dangerous and looney, and more likely to start a nuclear war.

[conservativewasp]

They don't care, these are the animals who supply the suicide bombers. Sacraficing 3/4 of Iran is low cost, relative to eliminating Israel.

[Aquinasfan]

Why doesn't Sharon tell everyone the time and day too..

I'm hoping this is misdirection.

[GAB-1955]

"SOSUS or whatever has superseded it, is planted along all the major choke points of the naval routes. How it works with regard to surface traffic I do not know. At this point I'm more worried about a Pakistan nuke, after Musharraf is eliminated or dies in office from natural causes, making its way here in a regular cargo ship sailed into a harbor city."

That is a concern, but there are positive countermeasures that have been undertaken. More I will not say.

[conservativewasp]

Fallout doesn't travel all that far and it's components decay, some rapidly, some more slowly.

[Checkers]

To Israel: JUST DO IT!

[Kenton]

ATTENTION CINDY SHEEHAN!

You MUST stop whatever you are doing and lead your cadre of friends and fellow running dogs and go IMMEDIATELY to Iran to form a "Protect the Nukes" Human Shield Brigade!

YOU, AND ONLY YOU have the charisma and leadership to put a stop to this attack by the Israelis! Really, Cindy, if you go and plunk your lawchair down next to an Iranian nuke factory, and Joan Baez comes and signs some songs, and Mikey Moore comes and films the whole thing, why THEN AND ONLY THEN will the Israelis send out the signal to turn their bombers around! You will have created World Peace in your time, and in the aftermath, you will defeat Hillary in the primaries and go on to be First Commisar of the Peoples' Republic of Vermont or something.

At least that COULD happen.

OR, something else entertaining might happen. In which case you'd probably get the Free Republic's Rachel Corrie Award. Which is a great honor in it's own right.

[pankot]

Mullahs go BOOM?
Iran becomes also-ran?
Tehran torn up?

[Former Proud Canadian]

From: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/f-15i.htm

The 25 F-15Is operational since 1999 [and the 100 F-16Is] were procured first and foremost to deal with the Iranian threat. In August 2003 the Israeli Air Force demonstrated the strategic capability to strike far-off targets such as Iran [which is 1,300 kilometers away], by flying three F-15 jets to Poland 1,600 nautical miles away. After they celebrated that country's air force's 85th birthday, on their return trip, the IAF warplanes staged a fly-past over the Auschwitz death camp.

[Semper Paratus]

Help Isreal make up it's mind with this poll:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerMain.jhtml